[1] Finished drawing for the basement storey of a house, c1772, unexecuted

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Reference number

SM Adam volume 29/50

Purpose

[1] Finished drawing for the basement storey of a house, c1772, unexecuted

Aspect

Plan of the basement storey of a seven-bay building, with proposed alterations. There is a central entrance to the north which links to a passage. The passage leads to domestic offices, a dog-legged staircase, and a courtyard. To the west there is a wine cellar and a vaulted ale and cider cellar. There is a central vaulted wine cellar containing wine bins, with a proposed alternative servants’ hall. Beyond this there is a further staircase, and there is a cellar for small beer to the south. To the east of the building there are proposed alterations for a kitchen accessed via steps and containing a range and a copper. The kitchen links to a scullery, with larders and an additional staircase beyond. To the south there is a coal cellar, with proposed alterations for a cellar with wine bins

Scale

bar scale of 1 1/2 inches to 10 feet

Inscribed

Plan of the Ground Story (and in the hand of William Adam) for John Radcliffe Esqr near Hitchen / Ale and Cyder Cellar / Wine Cellar / Stewards Room / Staircase / Passage / Away- (pencil) / Bottled wine / Servants Hall (pencil) / Passage / Court / Small Beer Cellar / Housekeepers Bed Room / Butlers Pantry (pencil) / Passage (pencil) / Coal Cellar / Wine (pencil) / Housekeepers Room / Kitchen / Scullery / Larder / Larder / Staircase / Closet

Signed and dated

c1772
c1772

Medium and dimensions

Pen, pencil, wash and pink wash on laid paper (507 x 434)

Hand

Possibly
Office hand, with part title inscription in the hand of William Adam

Literature

Bolton, 1922, Volume II, Index p. 18
For a full list of literature references see scheme notes.

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